Self-compassion means helping ourselves to feel safe, special, and rewarded by calling on our system’s capacity to create a sense of wellbeing through oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine.
HeartWorks Blog
Guilt, shame and blame: Why one of these is healthy
How understanding our relationship to responsibility can deliver us into a place of creativity and freedom.
Immersed in a slow-moving river of humanity: Shame and vulnerability as embracer
When we tell our stories of shame and vulnerability, we invite our listener to join us in that sacred space.
Aligning Yourself with Your Values through Setting Goals
How to create goals that help you live in alignment with your personal values, giving you the life you want. It might be easier than you think!
Attention Restoration Meditations
How simple can a meditation be? How about watching nature for one minute? Sound doable? It totally is. Our moment-to-moment life is our practice.
Exploration, Experimentation and Dancing in Response to Shame!
As HeartWorks blossoms into her own creature, I’ve had lots of opportunities to work with shame. It’s becoming predictable.
A Scaffolded Approach to Walking a Teaching Path
Find something you love and do it for a while. Experiment. Ask experts about it. Challenge it. See if it supports personal transformation.
The Feminine and the Masculine in Contemplative Practice
In helping self-compassion practice to become more accessible to us all, we need to be able to balance the masculine aspects of our work with the feminine. This ability to embrace both is, unfortunately, often not taught or valued in our Western culture.
Supporting Your Practice: Some tips for sustainable and rewarding contemplative work
Here are some tips to support your embodiment, self-compassion, or mindfulness practice, making it more enjoyable and more sustainable.
10 things I Didn’t Know About Online Self-Compassion Training
10 good reasons to try online self-compassion training in your own home.
Why We’re Not Self-Compassionate and … There’s a Course for That
If you’re experiencing barriers to practicing self-compassion, there’s a part of the Somatic Self-Compassion Online (SSCON) curriculum for that!
Sleep is your #1 Self-Compassion Practice
Self-compassion practice can be simple: sometimes it’s just about working at improving the quality of the things we are already doing, like sleeping.
